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This shall be my prayer for the sunday: Pray that when I speak: 1. It does not spring from error or impure motives 2. I will speak as a man approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel 3. I will please God 4. I will be gentle, not a burden, affectionate 5. I will work all day and night on it 6. I will be encouraging, comforting, yet urging 7. It will be backed by holy living 8. I will be successful Just like Paul... EPL/Champs League results: Liverpool 2 Man U 1 Blackburn 0 Arsenal 4 Fulham 2 Bolton 1 Newcastle 1 Hull 2 Portsmouth 2 Middlesbrough 1 West Brom 3 West Ham 2 Wigan 1 Sunderland 1 Man City 1 Chelsea 3 Stoke 2 Everton 3 Tottenham 1 Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 4 Bordeaux 0 Marseille 1 Liverpool 2 Man U 0 Villarreal 0 Dynamo Kiev 1 Arsenal 1

Well... Good news good news! Ben Low is now a Lance Corporal! Although its actually no biggie I'm actually glad my rank has been upped. Kinda feels like you've completed a quest or something. So I've added something to my to do list for the week. Reminders to self: Top up BBDC account Start asking people out Cooking Go learn more sign language Get lots of snacks and bring guitar into camp Get new PSP memory card Sew on IPPT and Rank on No.4 Yup so my first duty officially ended today. Its been great. Especially the weekends where we got to do anything that we wanted. Over the week quite a few exciting things happened... Such as the sergeants moving to our bunk, a new set of UIP signallers coming in, playing soccer, playing PSP, doing the laundry, AHM Briefing, watching Blood+ on the company comp, singing and playing songs to God at the balcony etc etc. Off count: 4.5 Leave count: 7 Total rest days: 11.5 Excited about this coming weekend and the next duty weekend. Lots of in...

Heya guys blogging for the first time from the com in the battalion office. Got my OVL schedule... And the good thing is... I only miss 1 out of 4 church sessions during the duration on the 20th July. And also, I'm free on my birthday! =) My first shift starts on Thursday on 9pm. Hope I don't get bitten much by mozzies. Its too bad I can't go for Amanda's farewell dinner. All the best to you and Kim! Have fun in Australia and may God be with you always. Germany 0 Spain 1! Long time since I've posted on soccer but here goes. My take on Euro 2008 was that some steady attacking side would win. So my picks for finalists were Croatia, Holland and Czech Republic. Unfortunately, Euro isn't very predictable. Also I expected Spain to win by 2 goals but that didn't happen. Oh wells. Finished watching Basilisk, now going on to Full Metal Panic, which my anime friend Edward-kun says is really good. Getting him to help me put the vids into Darren's iPod for viewing. ...

Ok time to get back to my soccermugger duties. EPL 24th-25th Nov Newcastle 0 Liverpool 3 Arsenal 2 Wigan 0 Bolton 1 Man U 0 Everton 7 Sunderland 1 Man City 2 Reading 1 Middlesbrough 0 Aston Villa 3 Derby 0 Chelsea 2 West Ham 1 Tottenham 1 Fulham 2 Blackburn 2 Blackburn 0 Aston Villa 4 Position #1 Arsenal #2 Man U #3 Man City #4 Chelsea #5 Liverpool #6 Aston Villa ----- #17 Middlesbrough #18 Sunderland #19 Wigan #20 Derby News Portsmouth confirm that manager Harry Redknapp and chief executive Peter Storrie were 2 of 5 men arrested over probe into football corruption. Chelsea charged by FA with failure to control players after Michael Essien's dismissal at Derby. Essien must serve a 3 match ban. Sir Alex Furguson charge with using abusive and insulting words towards an official after his rant at referee Mark Clattenburg. Champs League Group A Besiktas 2 Marseille 1 Liverpool 4 Porto 1 Group B Rosenborg 0 Chelsea 4 Valencia 0 Schalke 0 Group C Lazio 1 Olympiakos 2 Werder Bremen 3 Barc...

Well actually wanted to post the worship songs for 3rd Quarter 2007 today... But am missing "You Alone". The one that goes "you are the peace that guards my heart..." EPL Results: Man U 4 Wigan 0 Aston Villa 1 West Ham 0 Arsenal 3 Sunderland 2 Reading 1 Derby 0 Blackburn 2 Birmingham 1 Bolton 0 Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 Tottenham 2 Man City 3 Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle 3 Everton 2 Fulham 0 Porstmouth 2 Position: #1 Arsenal #2 Man U #3 Man City #4 Liverpool #5 Portsmouth #6 Blackburn #7 Chelsea ... #17 Tottenham #18 Fulham #19 Bolton #20 Derby News: Chelsea insists that reports suggesting owner Roman Abramovich is planning to lure Russia's coach Guus Hiddink to Stamford Bridge are "untrue". Man U midfielder Michael Carrick is out for up to 6 weeks with fractured elbow. Dean Ashton, West Ham striker is doubtful for England's Euro qualifiers after knee injury. Ajax coach Hank Ten Cate confirms that his employers are in talks with Chelsea. Andy Johnson, Eve...

Results: Man City 3 Newcastle 1 Chelsea 0 Fulham 0 Derby 1 Bolton 1 Portsmouth 7 Reading 4 Sunderland 1 Blackburn 2 West Ham 0 Arsenal 1 Wigan 0 Liverpool 1 Birmingham 0 Man U 1 Everton 2 Middlesbrough 0 Tottenham 4 Aston Villa 4 News: Man U midfielder Owen Hargreaves is ruled out for 3 to 4 weeks after injection in knee and will miss England's Euro 2008 qualifiers. Joey Barton, now a Newcastle player, will be out for 4 to 5 weeks with a fractured metatarsal. Position: #1 Arsenal #2 Man U #3 Man City #4 Liverpool #18 Tottenham #19 Bolton #20 Derby

Scores: Arsenal 5 Derby 0 Liverpool 0 Birmingham 0 Middlesbrough 2 Sunderland 2 Reading 2 Wigan 1 Fulham 3 Man City 3 Newcastle 3 West Ham 1 Aston villa 2 Everton 0 Blackburn 0 Portsmouth 1 Bolton 1 Tottenham 1 Man U 2 Chelsea 0 Soccer News: Sheffield Wednesday sign Michael Johnson from Derby on one month's loan Tomas Rosicky may face 2 weeks out after injuring hamstring Jose Mourinho reveals that he would like to manage an English club again, but says his "next step must be in another country" Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck admits that Chelsea has yet to agree for a contract with Avram Grant, the new Chelsea coach Kasper Schmeichel signs a new 4 year deal at Man City EPL Positions #1 Arsenal #2 Man U #3 Man City #4 Liverpool #5 Newcastle #6 Chelsea

Results: Portsmouth 3 Bolton 1 Birmingham 0 West Ham 1 Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 2 Reading 1 Everton 0 Tottenham 4 Derby 0 Wigan 3 Sunderland 0 Newcastle 0 Aston Villa 0 Man City 1 Man U 0 Blackburn 1 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1 News: Terry recovers on time to play against Liverpool. Carvalho, Robben, Ballack and Bridge still out. Everton suspend Andy van der Meyde after he missed training. Fulham duo Brian McBride and Bouazza face long spells out after suffering injuries in the Fulham vs Middlesbrough game. Sol Campbell is out of England vs Germany match. The only team with a perfect record so far... Man City! Surprise, surprise. *** Next post: Hiatus declaration post.

Results Tottenham 1 Everton 3 Birmingham 2 Sunderland 2 Fulham 2 Bolton 1 Man City 1 Derby 0 Portsmouth 1 Man U 1 Reading 1 Chelsea 2 Wigan 1 Middlesbrough 0 News Dimitar Berbatov adds to Spurs problems by getting injured for 2 weeks with groin injury. Younes Kaboul also is injured. Hamstring problem. West Brom sign Ishamel Miller from Man City. David Moyes fields unchanged Everton team for match against Tottenham. Wayne Rooney will miss England's next 4 Euro 2008 Qualifiers, and is out for a month. Standings #1 Everton #2 Man City #3 Chelsea #4 Sunderland! Newcastle, Blackburn, Arsenal and Liverpool have chances to leapfrog to the top.

1st few matches of the new EPL season! Sunderland 1 Tottenham 0 Bolton 1 Newcastle 3 Derby 2 Portsmouth 2 Everton 2 Wigan 1 Middlesbrough 1 Blackburn 2 West Ham 0 Man City 2 Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 2 Arsenal 2 Fulham 1 Chelsea 3 Birmingham 2 Man U 0 Reading 0 News: Wayne Rooney hairline fractured his leg. Oldham sign Birmingham midfielder Kilkenny. Benni McCartney collapsed during Boro v Blackburn game. Don't worry he was discharged from hospital. Brazil midfielder Alex transfers from PSV to Chelsea. Sunderland midfielder Dean Whitehead signs new contract extension. Current top 8... #1 Newcastle #2 Man City #3 Chelsea #4 Arsenal #5 Blackburn #6 Everton #7 Liverpool #8 Sunderland Go underdogs!

Here's a bible verse that I wanna quote... Seems relevant for everyone today! " Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done. Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts . Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice . Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always ." ~ Psalm 105:1-4 Self explanatory, don't you think? Its both a blessing , and a command . *** Soccer Charity Shield! Man U 1 Chelsea 1 Man U wins 3-0 on penalties. Its soccermugger time! First real matches come during the incoming weekend. Look out for it! *** S03H Joanne! Nice meeting you. Its quite surprising that I still can make new friends at a time like this. The circumstances in which we met were really surprising. I think she's the friendliest person I've ever met. Talking to me even though we've never spoken before. ! Suddenly I realise where I've seen you before. You went to Hann...

The hols are here! Which means... Mug. Aww man. Besides studies a lot of things are happening... My bros are going away for one week from 7-14 June, and my house will be undergoing renovations for about 3 weeks somewhere near that time period. Not forgetting my NS checkup on 8 June, YE retreat on 2-3 June and Pirates on 30-31 May. Seems like its still gonna be quite a busy holiday. And if theres one thing I've learnt to appreciate over the past weeks, this'll be the second most important one: its better to be busy than idle. *** Soccer Champs League final! Overall it was a really keyed down affair. Not much hype surrounding it unlike 2 years ago. I think its cos people believe that such a rare occurence would never repeat itself. Going down 3-0 then coming back to tie and to win it on penalties. It is near impossible, and people are convinced that it'll never happen again. So that probably explains the lack of hype surrounding the match. Eventually: AC Milan 2 Liverpool 1 A...

Looks like I've taken a short unplanned break from blogging. Well, with a good reason of course. Getting ready for a concert is no joke. As a result, I've got lots of things left over, one of them being blogging. As customary, I shall post my current to do list. 1. Maths Tut (Norm) 2. Maths Assign 3. Chem Tut (Electrochem) 4. Bio Tut 2 (Plant) H3 Bio Tut Chem Tut (Transition) Econs Tut (J1) Blog *** Soccer Gerald came over yesterday with lots of food: satay, rojak and chicken wings. *Drools* Nah he didn't come to celebrate anything with me and my family. He just came to watch the Chelsea vs Man U match with us! It was pretty ok I guess. I'd predicted that it'd go into penalties, but I guess I was inaccurate. Cos Chelsea scored in the 2nd half of extra time with 5 mins to spare to ascertain victory. There was a lot of comedy in the house last night, cos Gerald was a Man U supporter, and my bros purposely suanned Man U and supported Chelsea just so they could argue wi...

For me getting a totally empty weekend is such a rarity... So I'd better use it wisely. So far my to do list has got 7 items waiting to be done so after this post I'm gonna start on them. *** Soccer Man U lost 3-0 to AC Milan, ultimately losing 5-3 on aggregate. Didn't watch the match, but judging by the response of all the Man U fans out there it was a very dismal performance by Man U. The constant loss of possession was horrible, and it seemed that Man U got out-muscled. Champs League Final: AC Milan vs Liverpool. Last week's EPL games: Chelsea 2 Bolton 2 Everton 2 Man U 4 Blackburn 4 Charlton 1 Man City 0 Aston Villa 2 Middlesbrough 2 Tottenham 3 Portsmouth 2 Liverpool 1 Sheffield 1 Watford 0 Wigan 0 West Ham 3 Arsenal 3 Fulham 1 Reading 1 Newcastle 0 *** Guitar Exco selections just ended a few days ago... And after the voting the old exco met immediately to select a new exco. The process was quite effecient. The first consideration was the votes, second consideratio...

S03H Everything's getting normal in and around school... Lots more breaks, lots more free time, lots more interesting things to do. Participated in Interhouse Championship Chinese Chess today. Haha first time playing CChess in a major tournament. A bit rusty, ever since the class craze for CChess ended a term ago. Still had most of my skills though. The previous times I'd participated in an IHC for Morrison I played IChess, which I wasn't that successful at. This time CChess was pretty decent. Final results: MR 3rd, 44 points. Result Tally: 4 wins 1 loss Reached B48 at around 2pm with Kevin. And we teamed up with Yong Sheng to form a 3 person team. Each house is allowed only 4 teams of 3. So 4 teams from BB and BW competed, as well as 3 teams from MT and 2 teams from HH. Total matches all of us had to play = 5. And it was 1 point for win, 0.5 points for draw and 0 points for a loss. Did ok I guess. It was fun while it lasted. So my team ended up with 9 points out of a possi...

11 more days... I'd initially thought that the toughest part of these last few days would be cos of my inability of my body to keep up, but thats not the case. Its my mind and heart that cannot keep up with my body. Well, more on that later... *** Soccer Man City 0 Charlton 0 Everton 4 Fulham 1 Chelsea 1 Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0 West Ham 1 Blackburn 1 Aston Villa 2 Middlesbrough 4 Watford 1 Reading 1 Liverpool 2 Sheffield 1 Newcastle 2 Wigan 1 Bolton 3 Portsmouth 2 Man U 1 AC Milan 2 Bayern Munich 2 PSV 0 Liverpool 3 Chelsea 1 Valencia 1 Roma 2 Man U 1 *** S03H Well, results are back... Considering the circumstances, I think I did quite well. And... A bit of disappointment. Some people treated me quite badly because of my results, especially after knowing that I've been mugging for only 2 days a subject. Whatever. I did well cos God was faithful to me. You don't have to treat me that way just cos you're envious and you didn't/can't do as well as me. Here are the gr...

Hey guys... I guess I've sorta overestimated the pressure of juggling my rock, guitar, piano and H3 commitments. I'd expected myself to burn out by midweek, which was approximately Wednesday, then die for the rest of the week. Although I did burn out on Wednesday, after piano I felt strangely... Good. And the rest of the week felt like a breeze. Even though there was additional prac on Sat it was really nice. Glad I'm feeling that way. Keep it up Ben Low! Only 17 days left to stress freeness! *** Soccer Liverpool 4 Arsenal 1 Bolton 1 Sheffield 0 Charlton 1 Wigan 0 Fulham 1 Portsmouth 1 Man U 4 Blackburn 1 Newcastle 0 Man City 1 West Ham 2 Middlesbrough 0 Watford 0 Chelsea 0 Tottenham 1 Reading 0 *** S03H Well... Most of the results are back, and I guess its been better than expected. With only 2 days of mugging per subject I'm pretty surprised that I did that well. My powers of DOTS are pretty strong (probably thanks to Zheng), and I think my memory of past topics are v...

Leisure Bleach! Well have been watching the past few days (you can't mug all the time, right?) and I've enjoyed it thoroughly. Just finished the Soul Society arc in time for the CTs. In my opinion Bleach isn't as heart wrenching as Naruto in terms of values learnt, but it has a storyline that flows with the present age, it has cool characters, cool techniques, cool evil people and a cool way people learn techniques. Not to mention absolutely stunning visuals and starting and ending themes. Absolutely love all the songs from Bleach, and if anyone has them in MP3 format could you send them to me? Heres some part of the lyrics of one of them. If you think these lyrics are good, plus the music the song is 100 times better. Go check it out. Intro ienai itami, kanashimi no kizutsuita kimi yo You've been hurt by unspeakable pain and sadness kesenai koto mo seoiattekou Let's carry each other's undeletable stains ikuru koto nagedasanaide Don't give up living! tsunaid...

Hey guys... Apologies for not blogging the past week. Have been busy with you know what. Yup piano. I'm kinda glad that this week was over, cos its been super hectic, stressful and draining. It feels great to have the burden of piano stuff off my back. This week has been a total blessing, and I couldn't have done it without God. Lets start from last Sunday shall we? *** YE Well Sunday was the the final day our dear pastor Rev Soon was joining us for service. He was transfered to St Hildas. The YE people made a nice card for him, his wife, and his daughter Amanda Soon. Rev Soon is a pretty nice guy. I'll miss him. Can't forget all the discipleship lay reader's training he gave me, and all the times he's talked to me about serving in worship and stuff. He's been a great blessing and encouragement to me... Fast forward to Thursday... YE gathering for the older guys. Paul, Jon, Kenneth, Gerald and I met up just to have a long chat. We met at some secret venue ...

Piano I can't believe it! Its only 10 days left to piano exam... Its gonna be one tough battle... But I'm not gonna give up. Time to mug piano. So before I start I'll make an apology in advance. If I ignore you please forgive me. I'm probably mugging hard. Diminished 7ths, Augmented 6ths, Dominant 7ths, Neapolitan 6ths here I come! *** S03H Well... It was a kinda gloomy saturday afternoon spent cooped up at home finishing up stuff and playing DW4. Left my MSN on... And guess what? Ben Zheng popped me a message. (PM 6:44) [ ben ] .. an: yo (PM 6:44) (BenLow) {soccer: hey yo (PM 6:45) [ ben ] .. an: let's all have a clan name like [3HownH] (benlow)...... (PM 6:45) (BenLow) {soccer: haha sure sounds cool to me And guess what... Now 16 people in class have the very same clan name attached to their MSN nicks! Good job Zheng for thinking of it. For those who don't know... [3HownH] = [3Hownage] Pretty cool huh. *** YE Awww man. I miss YE so much! The feeling was quit...